Vitamin D Doesnt Help Arthritic Knees
Dont look to vitamin D pills to relieve your knee arthritis pain.
What You Need to Know Now About Multivitamins
Making sense of multivitamins cancer-prevention promise, heart-disease disappointment in recent findings.
Probiotics: Know What Works, What Doesnt
New study finds probiotics protect against antibiotics complications.
High-Dose Vitamin C Pills Could Double Kidney-Stone Risk
Some people assume that, since vitamins from your diet are important for your health, taking even more vitamins in pill form must be even better for you. But thats not necessarily the case.
All-Natural Label OK for Bottled Tea with HFCS
The term natural on food labels, already meaningless
What Now on Calcium and Vitamin D Pills?
After years of touting calcium and vitamin D supplements for your bones, lately it seems the medical establishment has taken a U-turn-leaving many people who are concerned about osteoporosis confused.
Low-Dose Aspirin Might Combat Colon Cancer
T aking low-dose aspirin-often recom- mended to protect your heart-may also reduce your odds of colon cancer. A team of researchers whod previously shown a link between high-dose aspirin and lower colon-cancer risk looked at fve trials totaling 16,488 participants taking lower doses, since long-term high-dose aspirin usage can have adverse bleeding effects. Over nearly 20 years of followup, the new analysis found that people assigned to low- dose aspirin regimens for six years were at one-quarter lower risk of colon cancer and one-third less likely to die of the disease.
Alpha-Carotene Linked to Lower Mortality Rates
A lpha-carotene, the often-overlooked cousin of more familiar beta-caro- tene, may help you live longer-and further explain the health benefts of eating vegetables and fruits. Researchers at the CDC, studying data on more than 15,000 adults from a national nutrition survey, report that people with the highest blood levels of alpha-carotene were 39% less likely to die from all causes over almost 14 years.
Mental Energy-Boosting Claims Put to the Test
Can foods, beverages or dietary supplements really increase your mental energy? Scientists at the Life Sciences Research Organization (LSRO) recently reported the results of a review of the scientific evidence for such claims regarding ginkgo biloba, ginseng, glucose and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. They defined mental energy as consisting of mood (transient feelings about the presence of fatigue or energy), motivation (determination and enthusiasm) and cognition (sustained attention and vigilance)
Extra Vitamin E Found Safe Yet Ineffective; Debate Goes On
The good news from a new pooled analysis of 57 studies is that, despite some red flags from previous research, vitamin E supplements are safe and dont increase the risk of death. But neither do the once-highly touted supplements help you live longer, the review reports, despite hopes their antioxidant effects might fight chronic disease. Calling their meta-analysis the largest and most inclusive to date, scientists concluded in Current Aging Science that vitamin E supplementation cannot be endorsed as a means of reducing mortality